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CHESTNUT CHARLIE
new york gorgie medders is in
bad agin
they was haveing a spechial test
Of the skool kids the other day to
see if they cood catch them on prob
lems which cant be solved no mat
ter how harcLyou try
so the man asts the class if a dog
fell into a bottomless well and
climbed up 2 feet for every 3 feet
that he fell how long wood it take
the dog to get out
and gorgie medders was the only
kid who fell for it
he grabbed' his paper and started
figgering to beet the band and soon
he had 2 or 3 pages filled with figgers
while the other kids laffed at him &
the teecher says, gorgie cant you see
the dog coodent clime out if he went
back 3 feet evry time he climed out
2.
o yes, he can, gorgie said, & he
kept on figgering
but gorgie, the teecher said It is
impossible to get the dog out
o no, replyd gorgie, if i have enuff
paper to flgger on i will get the dog
out through china purty soon, but
the dog wood make it a lot eesier to
figger he wood stop climeing up- 2
feet evry time he drops 3.
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FOR ECONOMY -
Papa Willis No, Willie, papa can't
afford to give you any money for
candy. Papa's expenses have been
very heavy lately. You know every
time the stork brings, you a new
baby brother it costs papa a hundred
dollars.
Willie Willis Huh! Say, pop, why
can't you cut out this middleman of
a doctor and do business direct? ,
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VERY OBLIGING
"Mista Bones! Your wife tells ma
that you. do not speak to her for a
week at a time."
"Yes, Mista Rasbo, da's right 1
don' like to interrupt her!"
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